George Charles Brand

Military

2nd Lt George C Brand flew 34 missions with the 401st Bomb Group, from 6 July 1944, mission to 30 October 1944.

Brand was French, but enlisted in the US Army Air Forces,

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William A Atkinson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roger C Gibson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Carl R Heikkinen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 36211622
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Arden C Kemler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Francis E King

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

42-102398

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Dynamite John
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

43-37632

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

43-37790

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lady Luck
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

693

Date: 30 October 1944

691

Date: 28 October 1944

683

Date: 19 October 1944

681

Date: 17 October 1944

669

Date: 7 October 1944

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Based	Deenethorpe

Revisions

Date26 Sep 2019 11:21:40

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to middlename, highest rank, role, biography, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Sources

Information provided by Gary Spector, for whom Brand was his guardian and father figure.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:47

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1591